Manager Vicky Hamilton on Early Motley Crue & Nikki Sixx, "He got beat up a lot" - 2022 Interview 

Good stories but that whiny drawn out speaking drives me insane.

I met that lady tour manager for GNR that did the South American tour. Her name was Ingrid ....can't remember her last name and there's no info on her on the net. She said behind the scenes those guys in GNR were all great guys, very nice guys. She told me the public image of Axl is not him behind closed doors. That's why there really is no drama about them period, other than their shit show concerts. Seriously man, she spoke about all of them like they were her family and had absolutely nothing but good things to say about them, And I didn't even ask her anything. I guess she's used to people asking so she did a pre-emptive, ...which I had no intention of asking her anything about them. So there probably really isn't any real behind the scenes drama other than them partying hard and hooking up with groupies. Everything else is already in the public domain.

She had the dream job in the 80s she is a bog part of the sunset strip hair metal phaze

I have and old ass metal magazine from like 1989 with an Axl interview and he disputes all her claims like way before she went public. Axl even talks in detail about the lawsuit thing with vicki. She played little to no part in guns n roses. The only thing she did was get them a couple gigs at a couple clubs and housed them for a tiny amount of time . That was it .

@Sub if you are against antifa and BLM axl rose spent almost the entire 80s getting into fights with people and the police. Pretty sure he backs his own shit up .

You Cruese by?

Loudness weren’t they a Japanese metal band or something ????

I was at that show too. I wish I could remember those days better.

I was at the Forum show. Awesome concert!

Loudness is amazing

@@guitarofdestiny honestly they nearly blew Morley off the stage.. almost lol💜

My buddies went to that show. Unfortunately I didnt have the money to go.

Autograph were supporting the 'That's the Stuff' album.

@@gojohngo106 cool thank you

People who didn't get a chance to seem them back "in the day" truly don't understand what they missed. Reckless, Dangerous yes. But also incredibly authentic, raw, heavy and unpredictable. I saw Crue open for KISS on the Creatures of the Night tour in April of '83 in San Francisco. At the time, the only song I had heard from them was Live Wire. While my buddy and I were walking from our car to the venue, I realized that the ratio of Motley Crue shirts than KISS shirts was easily 5 to 1 in favor of MC. Then about half way through their set I remember thinking, "I don't know WTF I'm watching but I absolutely love it!! From that moment on, life would never be the same. Within a week, every inch of my bedroom walls and ceiling were covered in Motley posters.

Saw that tour. They were great. A couple years later they were on no interest

@@nicholaskruger9460 my older brothers saw that tour but yes years later they lost interest I mean alcohol,blow and dope destroyed them in some ways

Jealous

Saw motley when they opened for Kiss- Creatures of the Night tour. Motley is a joke these days, Tommy Lee is one of the biggest POS liberals out there. TDS syndrome to the Nth degree.

No doubt.

She wont

Lolololol. No.

Was Phil on the LA scene then? And while Phil the better singer, Vince and his blonde hair are what MC wanted

Dude. That would have never worked. …. The chemistry that made the Crue successful are Vinny, T-bone,Mars and Sikki. And no one else... everyone knows that.

The dude Vinnie killed would have been a good choice too.

@@EverendeverGroup Razzle was a drummer

@@EverendeverGroup the dude Vinnie killed was the drummer of Hanoi Rocks....not a singer

She eventually sued GNR. She claimed they had physically and mentally abused her. In addition to swindling her. It was in a GNR collectable magazine.

You'd be hard pressed to find a successful band where people didn't claim to have been screwed. Amazing how many people take credit when a band is successful. The more successful they are, the more that come out and the woodwork

Screwd and screwed over both

@@jjohnson8977 I just looked her up and it sounds like she did alright for herself. I suppose having so many good bands on her resume helped her get her first big A&R job at a major. From her bio: "Vicky’s over 30 years in the music industry also includes working as an A&R executive at Geffen, Capitol and Vapor Records and owned a successful independent record label, which won a Grammy for June Carter Cash. Cumulatively, the acts Vicky has developed and managed have sold over 250 million units. Very few industry players can say this. "

@@AtacamaHumanoid yeah looked her up she was not a hottie back then and or now. So yeah probably all business no play

Reunion Arena in Dallas, Tx.

"Somewhere"

Can't believe you took your top off in front of so many people

🤘🏼

pix (and video) or it didn't happen🤣🍻

Why ??? Do tell ..

yea sure lol

That’s called hearsay

Y'all are crazy! I'm not putting Vicky on blast. Not on the internet where everyone can read. Plus, what if the stories I've heard are a lie? Guys, come on over to my house and we can have some cold ones and I'll tell you guys about what I've heard. Be it lie or truth. 🍺🍻🥃

It was very nasally, but in a great way.

@@jayrum7303 Hey man, I grew up with a professional singer across the street from me. He taught me how to sing on key, which helped me with my ear training for the guitar. We had conversations about nasal singers. Sorry, but I don't hear Vince singing through his nose. Maybe his nasal voice just rings and resonates with me more like normal throat and diaphragm voice, but I don't hear it. Axl Rose, that's your nasal singer right there. Same with Randy Jackson Zebra originally from New Orleans, LA. King Diamond is another nasal singer, only I guess people would call that more "head voice", same with Randy Jackson. I don't hear it. One of the Motley Crue recording engineers on "In Bloom" stated that Vince sang nasally in the studio and they had to fix it in the mix. But this chick is saying he sounds nasally in the recordings, and In Bloom guy sounds like he agreed with her. No disrespect to In Bloom guy because he runs a great music interview channel, the best by far on RU-vid ...#1, #2, and #3 in my book. But I have no idea what they're talking about unless there's something wrong with my ear on this one

He sounds like a terrible singer is what he sounds like

Doesn’t matter if he is singing through his nose or his ass

Too Fast For Love is a full length, not an ep.

ROFL

Did she mention she worked at Licorice Pizza? I don’t think she did…

that's a bingo

Maybe Bob Dylan was his idol...

He died in the 90s

I read he was a Vietnam vet that suffered from PTSD.

I still talk to Alan Coffman first wife brother who was one of motleys Micks roadie I was one of Motley first Roadies also

@@markramirez4830 So what happened to Alan?

He exiled into his own personal life and tried to recover. It's a lot to this story. Most of it you'll never hear other than from what I've witness and from what I have written in my own book that I'm putting together pretty one-sided. He was no angel but I tell you what there would be no Motley without Alan Coffmans financial backing I stop there

LoL she actually managed them and others

Wow. Really hard to believe a woman could be a manager?

She is gruppie,not roady.

She managed to give blowies to all of them.

@@ladyEllie616 Is "gruppie" some sort of backwoods meal you serve your family? Also, same for you, Google searches can put an end to your moronic and incredibly idiotic comment.

And they took it from Jethro Tull

Honestly it was inspired by Steven Tyler and Nikki has said it himself too!!

Nope beetle juice

He's a senior citizen. Probably wouldn't be all that impressive

Is Nikki supposed to be a big guy lol He's like 190 at 6'1" and he's not exactly pure muscle

According to nikki back in the day, they used to beat up LAPD on the strip in their stage clothes ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Becareful

What to you expect he was always fucked up on dope

Nonsense

@@DickTwatkins Any musician knows he can't play, which is the reason he was called two note Nikki.

Plenty of successful bands have guys that aren't good technical musicians

Doesn't matter. He wrote the songs. No songs no motley crue.

Supposedly, Vince could take care of himself quite well.

@@matthewmp111 I hadn't heard that.

Your mum? 🤔

Tawny Katane? Pamela Anderson?

Kim Kardashian kloe Kardashian jlo

A wardrobe and stage designer is a valuable addition as a musician. His ideas obviously worked and got them noticed in their early years and throughout their careers as a voice in that field. So yeah, in this respect, he was a genius for the band.

Creative genius....not like "Genius" genius.

Yea, maybe you could talk to Nikki, give him some ideas on how to break through with his band. Oh wait?

@@veronicafox399 She specifically says “I thought he was a genius” so that’s demonstrably false that she only meant “creative genius” & furthermore, the term genius has specific meaning & it doesn’t equate to: “he was good at picking out outfits”… 😉 Sorry, but writing Chorus lyrics like “Girls, Girls, Girls” & “she’s likes to go down” isn’t creative genius either!! Motley was a fluff band of posers. They were fun & entertaining, but they weren’t serious. They were image first, pussy second, drugs third, money fourth, music LAST!! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@@acason4 oooooh, I love a guy that talks like a human dictionary. Be still my💜

that's a pretty degrading, sexist assumption of a woman in the music industry (esp when your questions are actually true for a lot of the men at the record labels mentioned in the interview). you could have googled her in 2 seconds to see that she came from fairly humble beginnings, started working at record stores in Indiana then moved to CA where she worked her ass off to find her place in Hollywood.

@@hesherette did you not read the part where I said, Or did she become the Queen of the Sunset Strip on her own? Did ya miss that part?...lmfao! I was just asking a question, I really don't care enough to Google the chick...lol

@@bryonkidder6199 nope I read it all! the "...lol" after the last Q made it seem kinda like a joke of a possibility. I must have misinterpreted but either way she was a total bad ass, she introduced Slash to Axl Rose!

@@Rjensen2 + he was a sailor too I guess! they moved to Indiana when she was in 5th grade so I just picked up from there but you're right! I get it, LA is a hot mess lol. I just used to deal with a lot of degrading, sexist stuff as a woman working in the music industry + rarely saw men dealing w the awful assumptions/ questions that us women do. Vicky was literally fired from GNR bc a few people didn't believe "a woman could do the same job better than a man could" according to Steven Adler. Apologies for getting a little triggered lol, just hoping to bring a bit of awareness/ another perspective.

@@hesherette LOL!

I get the joke... because I'm smart. I have to say that because I really don't get enough recognition.

@@brigham2250 Lol 👍

Strippers of course!?

Good times! (|)💦

Written by a master of linguistics

Lol. Theatre of pain was a huge success. Sold over four million copies in the US alone. Master of puppets to six months to even sell half a million. So maybe calm down in your assertion that you all left for the Metallica camp

@@MrOctober44 MOP actually outsold Theatre with 6M albums. That's not the point tho...the point that was that Metal was about being badass, and pink lace just doesnt convey that vibe too awfully well. So when Metallica came out, Motley became sort of a joke, a band for teen girls or junior high kids.....at least in the circles I ran with.

@@atomic2012a yes mop outsold theatre overtime but not originally mop only sold real numbers after the huge success of the black album

​@@Gordon-hx8cp The Black album was the beginning of Metallica's slow but agonizingly long fall into radio friendly corporate sellouts.

I was one of the relative few that thought Theatre was a really good album. I would listen to it today over Girls or Dr. Feelgood no question.